Gary Gray

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Gary Gray, accompanist, is active as an accompanist, musical directorand occasional conductor. Mr. Gray holds a Bachelor of Music degree in PianoPerformance from the University of the Pacific and and a Master of Musicdegree in Accompanying from the University of Southern California. He ison the staff of the Music Department at Santa Monica College. Aside fromhis academic pursuits, Mr. Gray frequently busies himself in musical theatre,having accompanied or musical directed over forty productions. As musicaldirector, he received a Drama-Logue award for Best Musical Direction for The Fantasticks, which he also co-produced. He has also musical directed seven productions for the SMC Theatre Arts Department and has taught the SMC Musical Theatre Workshop. During April of 1997 he traveled with SMC's production of Once On This Island to the American College Theater Festivalat the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Mr. Gray has also served as conductor for the Santa Monica College Opera Theatreproductions of The Marriage of Figaro and Die Fledermaus.